Meinerzhagen Jewish cemetery

Burials took place at the new Jewish cemetery on Heerstraßebetween 1913 and 1943. The listed ensemble includes the central access axis with linden trees, 13 preserved Jewish gravestones, a memorial stone for the victims of the Shoah and the gravestones of 22 Soviet forced laborers who were buried here during the Second World War.

An information board on the site provides information about where the Stolpersteine were laid in Meinerzhagen. It shows a signposted circular route along which the individual stations can be easily reached on foot. Additional places of remembrance are a memorial stone in Kirchstraße and the old Jewish cemetery on Schwarzenberg, which was replaced by the cemetery on Heerstraße due to difficult accessibility. Only in the new cemetery are graves and gravestones still preserved today.

The "Jewish Life in Meinerzhagen" circular trail is around 1.5 kilometers long and leads through the town centre to a total of ten stumbling stone laying sites, two municipal memorial plaques and the former location of a Jewish prayer room. From here, both the Jewish cemetery on Heerstraße (approx. 1 km) and the cemetery on Schwarzenberg (approx. 1.3 km) are easily accessible.

Under the motto "One stone - one name - one person", the Stolpersteine commemorate 47 Jewish fellow citizens whose families were part of the town's life for generations. They worked as traders, craftsmen or merchants and were involved in clubs and associations. During the National Socialist era, they were marginalized, disenfranchised, forced to flee or deported and murdered. The Stumbling Stones in front of their last freely chosen places of residence give them back their names, dignity and a place in public space.

The Meinerzhagen-Kierspe Stumbling Stones Initiative provides further information on the individual fates, the tour and the historical context. Corresponding flyers are available at the tourist information office; in addition, QR codes lead to more in-depth content as well as to the WDR app "Stolpersteine NRW - Gegen das Vergessen" with biographies, photos, audio formats and other material.

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